Personally, while I like what Stevens has done here thus far, he's still unproven in the playoffs. On the other hand, Ainge may have made some mistakes here and there, but he was also a major factor in Banner 17. I'm glad we have both of them, but if forced to choose, Ainge would get my vote.

Stevens has made lemonade out of the sour lemons Ainge keeps handing him. I can't figure out if it's Ainge not wanting to pull the trigger or Stevens saying "we're good". I wonder can Stevens elevate his coaching with better talent. Sometimes mediocre makes you look good and not everyone can handle when being great and high expectations are bestowed on them.

Stevens came from Butler to the NBA. He didn't come from UK, UNC, Duke. That is quite a jump. It's like a coach at D-III being a great coach and then when he moves to D-I, he can't coach up better players.

I like Stevens but how he hasn't gone bonkers for Ainge to get him better talent is strange to me.

Stevens ...given a train wreck , not allowed to tank , not great drafting ....look at the pos he has had waiting for him ...diva .Rondo , no defense Rondo....not the good ol Rondo. ....what a pain to start off with. 100 different players ....old cast offs, sorry draft picks .

Bottom 5 record to 1 seed in two years, and the biggest FA addition over that span was 30 year old Al Horford.

It's Danny Ainge.

He's far from perfect, but the man deserves his due. He put together a team that won a title and made the Finals twice in three years, not to mention five straight years of 50+ win caliber basketball. He dismantled that team when its time was up, and has since put together an almost completely new group of players that won 48 games last year and 53 games this year, with plenty of assets left in the tank to improve the team further.

The Celts under Stevens have consistently given good effort and played a fairly disciplined style of basketball. He has done a pretty good job so far avoiding any major chemistry issues or controversies, and he seems to set his players up to succeed.

All of that said, Stevens needs to coach his team to some more playoff wins before he earns his cred as one of the best coaches in the league. Many teams are well coached and play with consistent effort and discipline. Few ever make it past the 1st round of the playoffs.

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Bottom 5 record to 1 seed in two years, and the biggest FA addition over that span was 30 year old Al Horford.

It's Danny Ainge.

He's far from perfect, but the man deserves his due. He put together a team that won a title and made the Finals twice in three years, not to mention five straight years of 50+ win caliber basketball. He dismantled that team when its time was up, and has since put together an almost completely new group of players that won 48 games last year and 53 games this year, with plenty of assets left in the tank to improve the team further.

The Celts under Stevens have consistently given good effort and played a fairly disciplined style of basketball. He has done a pretty good job so far avoiding any major chemistry issues or controversies, and he seems to set his players up to succeed.

All of that said, Stevens needs to coach his team to some more playoff wins before he earns his cred as one of the best coaches in the league. Many teams are well coached and play with consistent effort and discipline. Few ever make it past the 1st round of the playoffs.

DA also has that small trade were he traded 3 guys near the end of their careers for Brown, possible Fultz/Jackson/Tatum/Ball, and who knows next draft, could be a top 5 pick, at worst 8? Unless the Bball Gods hate us, and KD,Griffin and Hayward all end up there.

Stevens has been good, I didn't expect him to sniff the playoffs till this season, but his learning curve and what he dose with the players DA hands him has been solid.

Bottom 5 record to 1 seed in two years, and the biggest FA addition over that span was 30 year old Al Horford.

It's Danny Ainge.

He's far from perfect, but the man deserves his due. He put together a team that won a title and made the Finals twice in three years, not to mention five straight years of 50+ win caliber basketball. He dismantled that team when its time was up, and has since put together an almost completely new group of players that won 48 games last year and 53 games this year, with plenty of assets left in the tank to improve the team further.

The Celts under Stevens have consistently given good effort and played a fairly disciplined style of basketball. He has done a pretty good job so far avoiding any major chemistry issues or controversies, and he seems to set his players up to succeed.

All of that said, Stevens needs to coach his team to some more playoff wins before he earns his cred as one of the best coaches in the league. Many teams are well coached and play with consistent effort and discipline. Few ever make it past the 1st round of the playoffs.

I mean, yeah. This. Exactly.

Emphasis on the last bit. The C's have overachieved every season under Brad and he deserves much credit. But he hasn't been on the job all that long and the transitional period in which he arrived has not given us the best look at exactly how effective of a coach he is on the biggest stages. He has more to prove.

You can't properly evaluate Ainge without considering whether or not he was gifted KG. And since that's not a question that can be refuted (either way), it's not possible to properly evaluate Ainge beyond "Relative to his counterparts, he's a very good GM." I'd say that statement applies equally to Stevens.

I consider this pretty easy the answer is Danny, a few people have added some good reasons but one other one to think of is the hiring of Brad Stevens, Danny went to a mid major college basketball program and saw a talented coach. That isn't someone that would have been on all NBA GMs radar.

If Brad were to leave I would certainly have faith in Danny to go out and find another great coach, there is nothing Brad can do to get another great GM if we were to lose Danny.

You can't properly evaluate Ainge without considering whether or not he was gifted KG. And since that's not a question that can be refuted (either way), it's not possible to properly evaluate Ainge beyond "Relative to his counterparts, he's a very good GM." I'd say that statement applies equally to Stevens.

Ainge got us a title, and has pulled off multiple franchise-altering trades.

That's easy. Stevens

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